reload
Britishverb
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(tr) to place (cargo, goods, etc) back on (a ship. lorry, etc)
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to put ammunition into a firearm after having discharged it
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computing to fetch the latest updated version (of a web page or document); refresh
Example Sentences
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If disruptions through the Strait persist, crude prices could top $130 a barrel—and even once shipments resume, it could take weeks to reposition tankers, reload storage, and restart oil fields.
Carries up to eight interceptors and each launcher takes 30 minutes to reload.
It took Chase nearly two hours to reload the container.
From Literature
Before our next round on the lake, we cleaned out the canoe and reloaded it.
From Literature
It needs about 100 soldiers to reload, analyze data, perform maintenance and shoot interceptors around the clock.
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